The member is correct in that if you meant to say the last one, your original sentence doesn't convey that whole message across and so lacks some clarity.

The first sentence says that the UK meets EFTA's requirements for joining and so the membership is immediate, although the tenses are confusing. I'm assuming the first one clause is correct and so I would word the second clause of that sentence like this (change 'is' to 'would be'):
The UK is free to join the EFTA, to which membership would be immediate, considering we meet the requirements.

The last sentence focuses on the fact that it is the UK's choice whether to accept the membership criteria of EFTA and hence join or not, but unlike the first sentence it doesn't say why the membership would be immediate (i.e. because it meets the requirements of EFTA).

Right now I can't be bothered to research and check which bits are factually true to work out what you might actually be trying to say, so will understand how to formulate the sentence using the facts that you actually want to convey.

(Original post by RVNmax)
The member is correct in that if you meant to say the last one, your original sentence doesn't convey that whole message across and so lacks some clarity.

The first sentence says that the UK meets EFTA's requirements for joining and so the membership is immediate, although the tenses are confusing. I'm assuming the first one clause is correct and so I would word the second clause of that sentence like this (change 'is' to 'would be':
The UK is free to join the EFTA, to which membership would be immediate, considering we meet the requirements.

The last sentence focuses on the fact that it is the UK's choice whether to accept the membership criteria of EFTA and hence join or not, but unlike the first sentence it doesn't say why the membership would be immediate (i.e. because it meets the requirements of EFTA).

Right now I can't be bothered to research and check which bits are factually true to work out what you might actually be trying to say, so will understand how to formulate the sentence using the facts that you actually want to convey.

Good morning! Just wondering if we are both staying up to revise for exams?

I'm just wondering if 'considering' can be used in the same context as 'in the condition that'.

Another example:'You will be offered a place in the course, considering you meet the entry requirements.'

Ah, so that is what you meant. So in that case, it wasn't really the first one as I had taken it. You could use 'taking into account' instead, so in effect the word 'considering' conveys a sense of certainty as opposed to conditionally. You should have used 'in the condition that' rather than 'considering' as they do not convey the same message.

I would still use 'would be' instead of 'is' though. The same two changes for your new example as 'would' goes with the fact that it is a condition whereas 'is' would go with the actual meaning of 'considering'.